March 22, 2022
Rangpur jute mills in a rundown state
The jute industry in Rangpur is facing collapse as four small mills in the region have shut down while others may follow suit at any time after being compelled to shrink production due to multiple issues.
March 17, 2022
Grower markets remain idle, govt draws new plan
The government has initiated a move to transform the growers’ markets in Rangpur into hubs for small agro entrepreneurs since they have been lying idle for more than a decade owing largely to farmers and wholesalers’ lack of interest and a propaganda carried out by a vested group.
March 12, 2022
Charalkata River: Dredged at Tk 130cr, now a cropland
Within one and a half years into the dredging of the Charalkata river, the riverbed has filled up again at different points as sand and earth kept on the banks of the river got deposited to the riverbed in the rainy season.
February 15, 2022
Rains ruin raw bricks
While rain can be a blessing in providing life-sustaining water, recent showers have turned into the bane of many brick manufacturers’ lives for their use of traditional kilns.
February 6, 2022
A good Samaritan indeed
A poor man has set an example of magnanimity voluntarily guarding an unmanned rail crossing defying the bone-chilling cold and dense fog at the daybreak to caution Uttara EPZ workers about approaching trains, who are in a mad rush to reach factories in time.
January 30, 2022
Throwing stones continues
The incidents of throwing stones on moving trains in the West Zone (WZ) of Bangladesh Railway (BR) have been continuing unabatedly despite a campaign by BR to raise awareness.
December 28, 2021
Farmers opting out of sunflower cultivation
Although sunflower cultivation previously gave the hope of better economic prospects while also delivering healthy edible oil to the common people, farmers are losing interest in the plant for want of a good marketing network.
December 26, 2021
Spice lifts incomes for farmers
Spice cultivation has enhanced the incomes of farmers in Nilphamari thanks to their higher yield and elevated prices, helping growers overcome losses they incurred in the previous years by producing traditional crops such as paddy, wheat and jute.
December 17, 2021
Cruel to the core
The words “Nazi forces” bring back memories of the horror unleashed at their concentration camps. What the Pakistani forces and their Bihari cohorts did at the Saidpur Railway Workshop in 1971 was as grisly as those events of World War II.
December 17, 2021
Nilphamari has good potential for tourism
Tourism in Rangpur’s Nilphamari could be a boon for the national economy as the district has glorious historical and natural sites to see, including some related to the Liberation War.